A self-styled expert set up a partition on my hard disc, called data(F:). The same "expert" informed me that it is impossible to delete this partition. The partition, data(F:), takes up 18.7GB of my 40GB hard drive. I cannot find any wayto put any data into this pjartition, but I have managed totransfer all of the data it ocnatined to an external hard drive. How can I recover the 18.7GB restoring it to Local Disk (C:)?1 person needs an answerI do too

A self-styled expert set up a partition on my hard disc, called data(F:). The same "expert" informed me that it is impossible to delete this partition. The partition, data(F:), takes up 18.7GB of my 40GB hard drive. I cannot find any wayto put any data into this pjartition, but I have managed totransfer all of the data it ocnatined to an external hard drive. How can I recover the 18.7GB restoring it to Local Disk (C:)?What happens when you try to save a file to F:\ ?The problem is that although you can remove the partition using Windows tools, the built-in Windows tool for resizing partitions is both rather limited and runs at the command line only (no graphical user interface).Start the Disk Management tool: Start > Run > diskmgmt.msc > OKYou should see something like this: http://cid-18b259158254905b.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/diskmgmt.jpgLook at the detail for Disk 1. There are two partitions on Disk 1, D: and E: (they happen to have names that suggest what they are used for, but that's not necessary). There's also an area to the right of partition E: that shows as "unallocated." That means this part of the disk is unused. If you add the sizes of D:, E:, and the unallocated space, you get 186.31 GB because this is a 200 GB hard drive (a disk manufacturer's "GB" is 1,000,000,000 bytes; a Windows GB is 1024 ^^^ 3 = 1,073,741,824 bytes).If you right click on an existing partition, you will get the context menu shown. Click on "Delete Partition" and it will be deleted. If this was done to partition E: in the screenshot, the unallocated space would increase to about 93.18 GB.Windows has a command line tool called DiskPart, which is capable of extending a partition into unallocated space on the "right side" (looking at diskmgmt) of the existing partition. In other words, in the screenshot, partition E: can be extended to occupy some or all of the 42.61 GB of currently unallocated space. If partition E: is deleted, then partition D: could be extended to occupy some or all of the 93.18 GB of unallocated space.If, however, you have a partition D and/or E between C and F, DiskPart can't extend C into the space released when you delete F. But perhaps D: and E: are CD drives.However, DiskPart is not easy to use, and can render your computer inoperable if you do the wrong thing. I don't suggest that you try it unless you have a disk image or disk clone backup in place.Instead, get a better disk management tool, one that can resize and move partitions around, and that uses a graphical user interface. The one that I've used isAcronis Disk Director , which is not free. Easeus Partition Master is free and looks as if it will do the job. Paragon Partition Manager also is a good commercial product and is currently on sale for less than $10. Partition Magic used to be the most recommended tool, but Symantec bought it and then discontinued it.